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THE MADISONIAN
Published Every Tuesday at RIchmond.KyJby
Grant E. Lilly, - '- Editor & Owner
Entered as second-class matter January
22, 1913, at the post office at Richmond,
Ky unde r the "Act of March 3, 1879
SUBSCRIPTION RATES-:
One Year $1.00
Six Months .60
Three Months.. .35
One Monfth z .15
IN ADVANCE.
CONFEDERATE. PENSIONS
NThe Cour'f ntpeals has held
that the act Oxthe Legislature of
1912, granting pensions to Con
federate soldiers, is a valid law.
From a moral as well as a legal
standpoint, the decision is most
unfortunate.. There is not a ves
tige of law in the opinion. - Its a
yielding to a maudlin sentiment
The act is in direct violation of
the Constitution which is known
to any one conversant with it or
who can read plain English. To
guara against tne recKiess giving
away of the people's money, the
Constitution expressly provided
as follows:
"Sec 3. ' All men when they
form a social compact, are equal;
and no grant of exclusive, separate
public emoluments or . privileges
shall be made to any man or set
of men, except in .consideration
of public services."
This clear cut declaration makes
all men equal. They are of
course equals by nature; equals
by all constitutional laws, and to
keep them equal, the State Con
stitution says that no grant of ex
clusive, separate public emolu
ments or privileges shall be made
to any man or set of men. Then
come the words "except in con
sideration of public services." It
is only necessary to examine and
see what is the meaning of this
exception. What are public serv-.
ices? Public services may be ren
dered to the city, county, state,
United States or to any other
Government The King of Eng-
land is penormmg a public serv
ice; the President is performing a
public service. Yet Kentucky
could not pass a law donating
money to either for such services.
Therefore, the "public services"
meant, must be services rendered
for the State. Testing the act by
this ruler there is nothing to sup
port it The Confederate veterans
performed no service for the State
of Kentucky. They were not in
vthe employ of the State,were not
under its direction, owed no obli
gation to it by reason of their en
listment in the service. They
were in the service of the Con
federate government, paid by it,
subject' to its command, were at
war with the Federal government
of which Kentucky was still a
part, and at war with their
- brother Kentuckians.
From a legal standpoint, the
opinion is not supported by a
scintilla of law, is subversive of
the Constitution, lowers the dig
nity of the court and brings it in
to a well deserved public con
tempt Judge Lassing is to be
congratulated that he dissented
from the opinion.
We entertain no prejudices
against the bill for any cause.
The dependent old Confederate
soldier should be looked after by
the State, not because , he is or
was a Confederate, but because
he is a man. And this brings us
to a matter that has long been in
our minds and heart, to-wit:
"State Aid for Indigent Old Peo
ple and Widows," which subject
we wm aiscuss later. ;
.The Constitution of Kentucky
was largely the product of Con-,r
federate brains. Among the
members of the Constitutional
Convention were General V Buck
ner and the present ; commander
of the Confederate veterans, Gen
eral Bennett H. Young. It is
worthy of note also ; that Judges
Carroll and Nunn of the Court of
Appeals were members of that
convention. This convention vas
in session for many .months, its
vwork was submitted to the peo
ple who ratified it, thexonvention
reassembled 2nd ; made some
amendments to the Constitution.
I'rom start to finish In the mak
ing of the Constitution, there was
not a word said touching . the
right of a Confederate soldier to
claim Dav against the State of
Kentucky nor was there a word
said by which the State of Ken
tucky could make a class of the
Confederate soldier and deal with
him differently from the rest of
mankind., ; ; " ' '.' -'
The opinion is a flagrant out
rage, a rape of. the Constitution.
Those who love constitutional
government should not hesitate
to denounce it .
The short, dissenting opinion
of Judge Lassing, which is a gem,
reads as follows:
"When the act under considera
tion was adopted there was in
force in this State a general law
making provision for the support
of all indigent and dependent
Confederates and their widows,
Kentucky Statutes, Chapter 22-a,
and amendments thereto.
'The act before us is not gen
eral in its application and is in
direct and open violation of Sec
tion 59, Subsection 29r of the
Constitution, which provides:
'Where a general law can be
made applicable, no special law
shall be enacted.'
'The Legislature has the un
doubted right to classify persons
to be affected by a legislative act
but such right is always subject
to the limitation that the classifi
cation must be reasonable and
natural. The classification here
attempted is neither reasonable
nor natural, but is arbitrary and
unjust Thousands of our citi
zens, equally deserving and with
less means of support than many
of those provided for in this act
are denied its benefits. It iSv class
legislation of the worst type.
But brushing aside the plain
provisions oi tne constitution,
the validity of the act is upheld
upon the ground that they, who
are provided for therein, have
rendered such public service as
they should be provided for. I
concede that the Confederate sol
diers were brave men and that
they fought with a courage and
determination that challenged the
admiration of the civilized world,
but by, the' arbitrament of the
sword, every principle for which
they contended was decided
against them. The integrity of
the Union was preserved. While
theirs was a bave, gallant and
heroic fight, I cannot bring my
self to believe that, in their strug
gle for the lost cause, they . ren
dered either the National or State
Government a 'public ' service'
within the, meaning of these
words as found, in the Bill of
Rights. When Legislatures, sway
ed by sentiment make reckless
appropriations in violation of the
plain provisions of the Constitu
tion, the people look to the courts
for relief against the oppressive
and unjust taxation which such
legislation produces; ; and courts,
much as they may sympathize
with the condition of those who
are . made beneficiaries of , such
legislation, should hesitate to give
to the plain language of the Con
stitution a strained construction
in order to uphold such legisla
tion. The r rights of those not
benefited by the act are entitled
to the courts' protection as much
as the rights of those" who are.
"I have been unable to find any
case where one, whose - efforts
were directed toward disrupting
the Government has been declar
ed : to have rendered a 'public
service' to that Government The
construction which the majority
opinion gives the words; public
service, as lound in tne tsiu oi
Rights, is certainly at variance
with the generally-accepted mean
ing of these words, and I am un
willing to eidopt such construction
and thereby add rat least half i a
million dollars annually to the
already heavy burden of our tax
riddenpeciple, For this; reason
I dissents
THEjNEED OF PUBLIC
r CpipnT
; There Was an excellent article
in a recent issue of one of our
town papers on the above subject
It certainly v struck a key note
which we should not lose. , The
need of this community is a bond
of union that will hold all true to
its jbest in terests. We have suff
ered because of conflicting inter
ests, when we should have buried
many differences of private
interests,? and worked together
for the common good. The
coming Chautauqua gives us all
an opportunity to serve the entire
communityin a way over which
there is iio discussion, and at a
purely nominal cost- There is a
great variety on the program, and
all tastes have an opportunity to
be satisfied. .There will be the
serious and the ; humorous,; the
message of the reformer, arid the
man of achievement; the. scholar
will be heard, the magician will
mystify, the musician will delight,
and the elocutionist bring before
us the characters of fiction as they
lived. This will be a summer
Outing at our door," an excursion
that costs nothing for travel. It
is brought to us; others pay the
freight That $2.00 for the season
ticket ought to be within the
reach of all. That tikes you to
all the entertainments every day,
and three times a day at that
You have paid that much to see
one perf6irmance only, and that
not as good asyou will see here
at a trifle of dost Think of a
week's entertainment the best
that one could wish to see at the
small cost of $2.00! Where can
you match that? And if you fail
to buy your season ticket An
advance the cost will be only 50
cents additional. But why should
you wait? Save that muchf by
buying to-day. The beauty of
the Normal campus is yours for
tne week" to enjoy. Can you
afford to stay at home during
Chautauqua week?
A SANE FOURTH
Now that the merchants have
arranged a grand display of fire
works for July 4th, there is abso
lutely no excuse for that day not
being a sane one in this commun
ity. One cannot look at the sta
tistics upon this subject without
serious reflection. In 1903 there
were 466 killed and 3983 wounded
on Independence Day. In 1912
(due to ten years of agitation for
a sane fourth), there were 20 kill
ed, 659 wounded- In that decade
there were 39,808 people killed
and wounded nearly twenty
regiments.
Fathers! Mothers! Do your
part to make still greater reduc
tions in casualties of this charac
ter in 1913, by refusing to buy ex-
plosives,and implements of death
for your children. Satisfy them
by .taking them to the grand dis
play to be given by our local busi
ness men, under the direct charge
of an expert, where young and
old alike " can enjoy themselves,
without the slightest danger.
Mt Sterling Advocate.
Much complaint is being made
that candidates are using whisky
over The county and thereby con
tributing! to a demoralization of
local communities.
This is reprehensible. Those
who seek the votes of a commu
nity should show that community
that they" respect it themselves
and the laws, both civil and
moral. A campaign of debauch
ery in a local option community
is pressing the matter too far.
No doubt, when the final day
comes, that community that has
thus been outragedwill remem
ber those responsible therefor.
The self-respecting citizens of the
county have before them a glori
ous opportunity in which to show
that the. silent, self-respecting
vote of the county is largely in
excess of the weak, vacillating
kind. Swat the whisky juggers
on the snoot and vote them out
of existence.
On the 2nd day of August the
people will come into their own.
A great primary will be held, in
which election the voter can reg
ister his vote without interfer
ence. The cry of clique, ring or
town-click or court-house ring, is
meaningless v now. The : hated
convention is a thing of the past
It is up to the good ' people to
take charge of the elections and
make the privilege of voting have
a meaning,, make it a thing effec
tive for the betterment of govern
ment Now since you have a
privilege of being a part of the
government of having a voice in
its affairs, will this privilege be
wisely used or will it be thrown
away by neglect and non-user?
Put the corruptionist out of
business.
OH, THAT SHE WERE HERE
Twenty-four young ladies grad
uated last week at an exclusive
Seminary at Auburndale, Mass.,
as "model housewives." Among
the number was a young lady of
Harrodsburg, Ky., who received a
diploma in household economics,
having been trained "in all the
arts of home-making." This is a
practical education, that cannot
fail to prove of some value. It is
highly probable that these youiig
model housekeepers will not go a
begging in the matrimonial mar
ketGeorgetown Times.
That Democratic primary law
was certainly a masterpiece for
Hon. Jere Sullivan, of Richmond,
who it is claimed drafted the
whole thing. The brainiest of
lawyers throughout Kentucky
have been tearing their hair try
inp to unravel some of its pro
visions so the people can under
stand it but so far they are up .a
tree. Winchester Democrat
Eight accidents regarded as
fatal, and dozens of minor ones,
including three in our own coun
ty, is the record in Kentucky
since our last issue, due entirely
to speeding and recklessness of
automobile drivers. A fine record
this! Mt. Sterling Advocate.
Dr. Wilson is stirring the
animals up. He has the senators
roaring and sitting up taking
notice. Apply the lash vigorously,
Mr. President Put on the search
lights. Publicity will do the work
more effectively than the whip
or big stick.
Have you tried the "Eleanor"
yet? The drink was concocted
by Miss Eleanor Wilson, hence
the name.
Burglars;
Burglars entered the home of
Mrs. Joe Bush last Wednesday
night, stealing a pocket book.
On Tuesday night they entered
f the, home of Mr. T. K. Hamilton
arid stole that worthy gentleman's
breeches, purse and keys.
Sometimes its good to be an
editor. No burglar will ever be
fool enough to steal an editor's
pocket book.
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Residence Burns
The residence of Tilden Combs
on the Richmond pike near the
Hickory Plain school house burn
ed . Wednesday at. noon and
nearly all of its contents were
destroyed. The total loss , was
about $800 with insurance to the
extent of about $400.
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Well Represented :
Richmond will be well repre
sented at the Declamatory Con
test on June 27th at Lancaster in
the persons of G. C. Bradley who
will declaim 'The Rag,", and
Wilco Scanlon "The Little Brown
Boy." We are looking forward
to a victory.
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Col Walton Wins
The jury in the case of H. M.
Brock, of London, against Col.
W. P. Walton, the veteran news
paper man, returned a verdict in
favor of Col. Walton, Wednesday.
Brock : sued , several papers for
printing a story which ; proved
untrue.
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The Medicos Meet
.The Madison County Medical
Society met at this place Thurs
day afternoon' and proceeded to
Lake Reba, where they had a de
lightful meet Dr. Bosley- was
the president of the meeting and
Dr. Dunn secretary. Aboutthir
ty'gentlemen were present Judge
W. R. Shackelford made an in
teresting and entertaining ad
dress. Messrs. Pickels and Green
leaf also had some nice words to
say. Papers were read by Dr.
Scudder representing the Medi
cos, Dr. Boggs for the Dentists,
and Edwin Wines for the Drug
gists. A feast was spread for the
guests which was prepared by
Joe in his usual fine style. An
abundance of fish was on hand
cooked to a queen's taste. . The
meeting was three hours of hap1"0111 him a.nd a hard strTm
py, 'jolly mirth-making, "a feast
of reason and a flow of soul."
It is meet that busy men meet
in this joyous intercourse "back
far back from the cities and the
ways of men," where they throw
off dull care and become, boys
again.
The following physicians were
present Drs. M. Dunn, J. W.
Scudder, D. J. Williams, M. C.
Heath, S. G. Zinke, Lucien J.
Treadway, C. E. Smoot, J. F.
Eakins, H. M. Boxley, H. C. Jas
per, J. G. Bosley, C. H. Vaught,
H. G. Sandlin, John Rutledge, W.
L. Carman, W. K. Price.
The dentists were: Drs. R. C.
BoggsH. J. Patrick, H. M. Blan
ton. The druggists were: H.L. Per
ry, a. Lu Middleton, J. Wines,
Jr., John W. Farley, Hart Perry,
Ambrose Wagers, W. G. White.
The guests were: Judge W. R.
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Cyclone
A small cyclone passed over a
part of this county last Wednes
day about 2 o'clock in the Runyon
Grove neighborhood. Giant trees
were uprooted and broken and
smaller ones twisted about by the
storm. Limbs were detached
and whirled a great distance.
Fortunately the path of the storm
was not a wide one and the dura
tion was short
Mr. Knox, a traveling man,
who had a two-horse drummers
wagon loaded with two heavy
trunks, found himself going
through the air at a tremendous
rate and his wagon overturned by
the storm. Trees were falling all
also pelted him unmercifully. He
saved himself by catching hold of
a tree. No injury was done to
him except a few bruises. The
top of his wagon was demolished.
His driver was not injured.
We heard also that a wagon
loaded with hay was overturned
on the Tates Creek pike by the
windstorm, but can not verify the
rumor. In nearly all portions of
the North part of the county the
wind was severe. Just beyond
the Runyon Grove country Thos.
Oldham had a portion of his barn
blown down and his silo destroy
ed; On the Irvinepike the end
of the barn of Wilson Tate was
struck by lightning and four hogs
were killed, valued at $50.00.
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